Green Light – Always Good To Go!
Fresh off siring Saturday’s impressive Gr2 Betway Ipi Tombe Challenge winner Gimme A Shot, Varsfontein’s inform sire was at it again on Sunday
1st December 2022
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Fresh off siring Saturday’s impressive Gr2 Betway Ipi Tombe Challenge winner Gimme A Shot, Varsfontein’s inform sire was at it again on Sunday
Whether it was a matter of the stars aligning, a confluence of genetic characteristics or a combination thereof, one thing is clear, Alula’s Star has single-handedly revived what has essentially become a dormant female line…
Having scored against winners over 1160m on debut, last season’s SA Nursery runner-up Union Square was having only his sixth start and turned the tables
Orpen mare Posera is the dam of Saturday’s Gr1 Betway Summer Cup winner Puerto Manzano (Seek Again), who picked up the biggest win of his career
On a weekend when two smart 3yo’s sent the adrenaline levels soaring, Bloodstock South Africa maintained the extraordinary momentum in the sales ring after some testing years
Watch today’s BSA November 2yo Sale live from the TBA Sales Complex in Johannesburg
In 2018, Riverton Stud hit the heights at the National Yearling Sale when they consigned a Captain Al filly out of Fiesta Queen
Maine Chance’ Dubawi stallion Erupt enjoyed the distinction of siring the first juvenile winner of the new season
With BSA auctions having enjoyed some wonderful results already in 2022, hopes are high that those upward trends will continue at the November Two Year Old Sale on Sunday
‘She was an orphan foal and perhaps that’s why she has an attitude, one that is very much in your face. She thinks she’s a person and we are her mates’ – Roy Magner
